Bursting with information and often incredibly beautiful - maps do more than just show you where you are, or where you might be going. Here we tell the stories behind some fascinating examples. The ...

To understand many of the worlds triumphs, tragedies and conflicts, according to geopolitical analyst Robert Kaplan, look no further than a map. In his book The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan argues ...

The most valuable piece of art in our house is a cheap, colorful map of the United States that hangs above our kitchen table. As a learning tool, it’s priceless. I hung it up when we moved from Texas ...

To be named "world capital" of something is both a badge of honor, yet also something of a badge of shame, writer George Pendle tells NPR's Robert Siegel. It means your city revolves entirely around a ...

A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions ...

A geography teacher from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region has gained fame for being able to draw a complete map of the world on a blackboard in just four minutes. Geography teacher draws world map in ...

The Wolfsonian–FIU charts global ambition in “Plotting Power: Maps and the Modern Age,” on view through April 16, 2023. Drawing from the Wolfsonian’s renowned collection of art and design, Plotting ...

When you think about the world of cartography, antique sepia maps are likely the first images that come to mind. But nomadic digital cartographer Robert Szucs saw the potential to turn nature’s ...

On 15 October 2014, Paul ‘Barbs’ Barbato posted a video profiling Afghanistan on his YouTube channel, Geography Now. It was the second upload on the page, posted after a trailer teasing what was to ...

American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps ...